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IN RE ADOPTION OF FEMALE INFANT

No. 4286.

237 A.2d 468 (1968)

In re ADOPTION of a FEMALE INFANT.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Williams, Washington, D.C., for appellants. Paul J. Sedgwick, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and MYERS and KELLY, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

Appellants, husband and wife, petitioned the Domestic Relations Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions for the adoption of a female infant. From the denial of that petition, they have noted the present appeal.

In the years between 1951 and 1966, appellants, as foster parents, provided board and care for numerous wards of the District of Columbia in return for monetary consideration paid by the District. In 1951...

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